Monday Rant (On a Tuesday): Mixing and Matching

A few friends of mine had been planning a massive North Shore extravaganza for this past Sunday for almost two months. The Pirates and Steelers both played on Sunday and one of said friends had someone he knew flying in for the weekend. Else we probably wouldn't have forced ourselves to witness such a horrid football game in person.

Aside from both teams getting blow torched in their respective games, the day was still a success barring a few occurrences that didn't go our way. The person that flew in was hopeful that I could find some form of a funky beer for him to try. Thus, I decided to stop at the recently-opened The Beer Market across from PNC Park.

I hadn't visited the establishment prior and wasn't sure if the place even let you mix and match a six pack of craft beer. The only info I could dig up was a tip on the place's Foursquare page that said so.

I stopped in after the Pirates game on my way to the tailgate we had set up in the West End. A long hike. I know. It was loud when I asked my question to the bartender, and it sounded like the answer I received was something in the form of yes, but we aren't doing it right now.

Luckily, (you're going to hate this) someone had a keg of Miller Lite to hold us down. Obvious not my beer of choice, but I've always believed that if a beer is being provided free of charge I wouldn't complain. So, I didn't and enjoyed our tailgate.

Now, back on the subject of the six pack of beer I wanted to procure. All of the coolers in the place were behind the bar. So, if you wanted a mixed six pack of beer, are you telling the bartenders which ones you want? If what the bartender told me is true there might be some odd Pennsylvania law that prohibits sale of six packs in or around sports arenas/stadiums. Maybe it could just be policy of the Beer Market. Hell, it could even be that they don't sell them and I misheard what was said. Still, I want to frequent the place again a few more times to see what it's like. I visited BZ's Bar and Grill next door and loved it.